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Showing posts with label rhubarb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rhubarb. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

How to do Crepes and Rhubarb and Strawberry Jam

Hello everyone!

Today's recipe is one of the first things I ever learned to do in a kitchen. I must have been around 11 years old, spending my summer at the Mediterranean coast with my parents, uncles and cousin. It was my cousin Núria, actually, who taught us how to do crepes. I remember being very excited about it, too. I was completely blown away when she just flipped the crepe in the air, with a skilled flick of her wrist. We would melt some chocolate and everyone would fill their own, topping them with some whipped cream or simply with some jam.



Doing crepes at home is easier than you may think. You can even do them without a specific pan, it is enough if it is a nonstick pan. The ingredients are so simple that you probably have them in your kitchen right now.




This crepes are filled with delicious greek yogurt and some homemade rhubarb and strawberry jam. It will be a very fresh and healthy dessert (or breakfast, or mid-afternoon snack!). Both recipes are under the following cut so, keep reading!


Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Rhubarb and Cream Cheese Danish + Puff Pastry TUTORIAL

Hello everyone!

Get ready for a pretty image-heavy post! I finally dared to make puff pastry. I'm not gonna lie, it takes a lot of hours and a lot of patience. But it's not too difficult and the results are worth your work. If you follow my step-by-step, you will end up with 1kg of homemade puff pastry that you can use or freeze for future pastries! So let the fun begin!


The first recipe that I wanted to attempt with my homemade puff pastry was this Rhubarb and Cream Cheese Danish. Now, maybe you are unaware of this, but rhubarb is not something that is typically used here where I live. It actually took me quite a lot of time to find, and I had to go to "La Boqueria" which is a market place where you can find nearly anything, or at least, the rare things that you will not find in a supermarket. I actually took you there last summer. Even there, the vendor I asked for help thought I was from Germany, because people do not use rhubarb here.


Then, will you ask, how come you wanted it so desperately? It all started some time ago, I didn't have the blog yet, and I found a story that I fell in love with. Amazingly well written, it described vividly the colors, the smells and flavors of a love story that took place in a farmers market. Each chapter belonged to a month, and each month was matched with the fruit that was in season. The way the author described the simple act of biting into a peach was breathtaking.


Recently I re-read the story and I became obsessed again. I thought it would be fun to try and recreate the recipes, or at least, to make a recipe each month related to the fruit or vegetable that it was about. Therefore, in April: Rhubarb.